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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can configure and access element details using the</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"> Element</span><span class="f_BodyText"> menu. This enables you to control element layout, generate documentation and manage project resources.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="230" style="width:230px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Properties&nbsp; [Alt]+[Enter]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="504" style="width:504px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">View the <a href="objectproperties.htm">Properties</a> dialog of the selected element.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="230" style="width:230px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Add Tagged Value&nbsp; [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[T]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="230" style="width:230px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Linked Document&nbsp; [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[D]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="504" style="width:504px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext"><a href="linking_document_to_other_uml_.htm">Link the element</a> to a rich text document.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="504" style="width:504px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">View and edit the <a href="attributesmainpage.htm">attributes</a> for the selected element.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="504" style="width:504px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">View and edit the <a href="operationsmainpage.htm">operations</a> (methods) for the selected element.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="504" style="width:504px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">See the element <a href="inline_features_submenu.htm">Inline Features Submenu</a>.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="504" style="width:504px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">See the element <a href="element_advanced_submenu.htm">Advanced Submenu</a>.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="504" style="width:504px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Generate a report for the currently selected package in <a href="rtfdocuments.htm">rich text format</a>.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="230" style="width:230px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Source Code Engineering</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="504" style="width:504px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">See the element <a href="element_source_code_engineerin.htm">Source Code Engineering Submenu</a>.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="230" style="width:230px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Open Source in External Editor&nbsp; [F12]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="504" style="width:504px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Open the source code of the selected Class in the default external editor for that language. (Source code must have been <a href="generatesourcecode.htm">generated</a>, and the selected element must be a Class.)</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="230" style="width:230px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Find in Project Browser&nbsp; [Alt]+[G]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="504" style="width:504px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Find the currently selected element in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser </span><span class="f_Tabletext">window. (If no element is selected, finds the current diagram in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser </span><span class="f_Tabletext">window.)</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="504" style="width:504px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Display all occurrences of the currently selected element.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="230" style="width:230px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Custom References&nbsp; [Ctrl]+[J]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="504" style="width:504px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Show model element <a href="crossreferences.htm">cross references</a>.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="504" style="width:504px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">See the element <a href="element_appearance_submenu.htm">Appearance Submenu</a>.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="230" style="width:230px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Alignment</span></p>
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<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">See the element <a href="element_position_submenus.htm">Position Submenus</a>.</span></p>
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